416th Bombardment Group (L) Pfc. Charles W. Coleman Parachute Rigger and Repairman,  32372194 Died in the Line of Duty - May 9, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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Born: 1914, Albany, Albany County, New York Entered Military Service: Date: 17-Jun-1942 At: Albany, NY From: Albany County, New York NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 32372194 Buried: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Plot E Row 5 Grave 114 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry     Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave

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Private First Class Charles W. Coleman, a parachute rigger, joined Captain William Battersby when Battersby took a newly arrived A-20 up for a test flight. The plane, without warning, crashed and exploded on landing at Wethersfield killing both.

See also AAR 44-5-9-519

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